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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: New Candidates Forum Flyer Please distribute<BR>From: "Sigman, Brian" <<a href="mailto:Brian.Sigman@ct.gov">Brian.Sigman@ct.gov</a>><BR>Date: Tue, August 12, 2014 11:55 am<BR><BR>
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<DIV><B>From:</B><B> Melissa Marshall [<A href="mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net" target=_blank>mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net</A>] <BR></B><B>Sent:</B><B> Tuesday, August 12, 2014 9:40 AM<BR></B><B>Subject:</B><B> RE: New Candidates Forum Flyer Please distribute</B></DIV>
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<DIV><B>SAVE THE DATE!!</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Candidates’ Forum on Disability Issues</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Presented by the CT Cross Disability Lifespan Alliance</B></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>SPONSORED BY THE Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities </B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>with support from </B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>The Ct Council on Developmental Disabilities</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>UConn Center for excellence in developmental disabilities</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>CT State independent living council</B></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8pt"><B>Manchester Community College</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8pt"><B>Thursday October 9, 2014</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 8pt"><B>2:30 P.M. to 6:30P.M.</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt"><B>All Gubernatorial and Congressional candidates will be invited. Come hear the candidates present their platforms on disability issues!</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt"><B>Keynote Speaker: Joyce Bender, CEO Bender Consulting </B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt"><I><B>A national leader on employment for people with disabilities, and a person with a disability herself, Ms. Bender will be presenting “Employment for People with Disabilities: We Still Need Jobs!”</B></I><B>.</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Light refreshments will be served.</B></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt"><B>Sign language interpreters will be provided.</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>For further information:</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Contact Melissa Marshall at </B><A href="mailto:melissa.marshall@snet.net" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff><U><B>melissa.marshall@snet.net</B></U></FONT></A><B> 860-561-1089</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt"><B>We invite all disability groups and organizations to be sponsors at </B><I><B>no cost</B></I><B>!</B></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Additional Co-Sponsors</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Access Independence</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Advocacy Unlimited </B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Brain Injury Alliance of CT</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>CT Autism Action Coalition</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>CT Business Leadership<BR> Network</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>CT Special Education PTO<BR> Alliance</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>CT State Dept. of Rehabilitation Services</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Disabilities Network of<BR> Eastern CT</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Down Syndrome Congress</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Focus on Recovery United</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Hearing Loss Association<BR> of America, Eastern CT</B></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Independence Unlimited </B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Independence Northwest</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Institute on Disability and </B></DIV>
<DIV><B> Community Inclusion at </B></DIV>
<DIV><B> Manchester Community College </B></DIV>
<DIV><B>Keep the Promise Coalition</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>PATH Parent to Parent<BR> /Family Voices of CT</B></DIV>
<DIV><B>The Arc CT</B></DIV>
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